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The Last Emperor
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1987
163 minutes (2 hrs 43 mins)
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Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring
John Lone ·
Joan Chen
·
Peter O'Toole
· Ruocheng Ying · Victor Wong · Dennis Dun
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release:
15th April 1988
Italy release:
23rd October 1987
West Germany release:
29th October 1987
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
26th Feb '88
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: £495.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 11
US box office
Box Office debut: 1st Apr '88
Debut position: 16
Highest position: 10
Debut gross: $560.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4
Chart position history
UK box office
26 Feb,
1988
1
4 Mar,
1988
1
11 Mar,
1988
1
18 Mar,
1988
3
25 Mar,
1988
6
1 Apr,
1988
7
8 Apr,
1988
10
15 Apr,
1988
12
22 Apr,
1988
13
29 Apr,
1988
12
6 May,
1988
12
US box office
26 Feb,
1998
11
4 Mar,
1998
10
11 Mar,
1998
11
Global box office
Certificates
US
PG-13
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.6 Million
US total gross
$44 Million
Global total gross
$0
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Directed By
Bernardo
Bertolucci
Director
Role
Bernardo Bertolucci
Directed By
Starring
Joan
Chen
Peter
O'Toole
Actor
Character
John Lone
Pu Yi (Adult)
Joan Chen
Wan Jung
Peter O'Toole
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Ruocheng Ying
The Governor
Victor Wong
Chen Pao Shen
Dennis Dun
Big Li
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Amakasu
Maggie Han
Eastern Jewel
Ric Young
Interrogator
Vivian Wu
Wen Hsiu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Chang
Jade Go
Ar Mo
Fumihiko Ikeda
Yoshioka
Richard Vuu
Pu Yi (3 years)
Tsou Tijger
Pu Yi (8 years)
Tao Wu
Pu Yi (15 years)
Guang Fan
Pu Chieh (Adult)
Henry Kyi
Pu Chieh (7 years)
Alvin Riley III
Pu Chieh (14 years)
Lisa Lu
Tzu Hsui
Hideo Takamatsu
General Ishikari
Hajime Tachibana
Japanese Translator
Basil Pao
Prince Chun
Henry O
Lord Chamberlain
Kaige Chen
Captain of Imperial Guard
Liangbin Zhang
Big Foot
Wenjie Huang
Hunchback
Dong Liang
Lady Aisin-Gioro
Zhendong Dong
Old Doctor
Jiechen Dong
Doctor
Constantine Gregory
Oculist
Huaikuei Soong
Lung Yu
Ruzhen Shao
First High Consort
Li Yu
Second High Consort
Guangli Li
Third High Consort
Chunqing Xu
Grey Eyes
Tianmin Zhang
Old Tutor
Hongnian Luo
Sleeping Old Tutor
Shihong Yu
Hsiao Hsiu
Jun Wu
Wen Hsiu (12 years)
Lucia Hwong
Lady of the Book
Jingping Cui
Lady of the Pen
Liang Shi
Republican Officer
Junguo Gu
Tang
Xu Tongrui
Captain of Feng's Army
Fusheng Li
Minister of Trade
Shu Chen
Chang Chinghui
Shuyan Cheng
Lady Hiro Saga
Daxing Zhang
Tough Warder
Ruigang Zu
Second Warder
Yuan Jin
Party Boss
Akira Ikuta
Japanese Doctor
Michael Vermaaten
American
Matthew Spender
Englishman
Hongxiang Cai
Scarface
Xinmin Cui
Japanese Bodyguard
Zhenduo Li
Dignitary
Shigang Luo
Chang Chinghui's Secretary
Guang Ma
Japanese Bodyguard
Glen Murphy
Captain
Biao Wang
Prisoner
Baozong Yang
General Yuan Shikai
Hongchang Yang
Scribe
Lingmu Zhang
Emperor Hirohito
US release: 15th April 1988
Italy release: 23rd October 1987
West Germany release: 29th October 1987
£1.6 Million 
$44 Million 
$0
